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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Taxonomic Hierarchy > Plantae > Viridiplantae > Tracheophyta > Spermatophytina > Angiospermae > Magnoliopsida > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Momordica > Momordica charantia
Preferred Term:

Momordica charantia

Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
Momordica
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • bitter melon
  • Momordica muricata
  • bitter gourd
  • Momordica charantia var. abbreviata
  • bitter cucumber
  • Momordica zeylanica
  • balsam pear
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/17670
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